Project 365 - Day 179 - Maple Key

Still inspired by the Macro presentation at the club on Monday night.  Today's shot is of a maple key - we used to call them helicopters.  They are the seeds of the maple trees.  My backyard is covered in them, although most are missing the actual seed part.  I guess the squirrels have been busy.

This is a very close up shot using all three of my extension tubes.  I have a flash off to the right that is being fired by the camera.  I think I need a ring light, but this creates some dramatic light for - well the key.

Shot at ISO800 with my Nikon 60mm lens.  0.4s shutter at f/8.0  I had the camera on a tripod.  In post, I bumped the exposure a notch and took out some noise.  I also cropped for content.